Valuation: Hays plc

Capitalization 742M 993M 855M 793M 1.38B 89.76B 1.49B 9.16B 3.6B 42.87B 3.71B 3.64B 157B P/E ratio 2026 *
76.8x
P/E ratio 2027 * 18.5x
Enterprise value 706M 945M 813M 754M 1.31B 85.38B 1.41B 8.71B 3.43B 40.78B 3.53B 3.46B 149B EV / Sales 2026 *
0.12x
EV / Sales 2027 * 0.11x
Free-Float
98.49%
Yield 2026 *
1.09%
Yield 2027 * 2.23%
More valuation ratios * Estimated data
Dynamic Chart
1 day-1.69%
1 week-11.37%
Current month-17.58%
1 month-14.86%
3 months-19.79%
6 months-28.40%
Current year-17.58%
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1 week 46.18
Extreme 46.18
53
1 month 46.18
Extreme 46.18
57.4
Current year 46.18
Extreme 46.18
56.4
1 year 46.18
Extreme 46.18
89.85
3 years 46.18
Extreme 46.18
130.95
5 years 46.18
Extreme 46.18
181.1
10 years 46.18
Extreme 46.18
213.4
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Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 58 2023-08-31
Director of Finance/CFO 48 2022-09-30
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer - 2025-08-03
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 69 2017-07-11
Director/Board Member 60 2019-06-16
Director/Board Member 57 2021-11-30
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Change 5d. change 1-year change 3-years change Capi.($)
-1.69%-11.37%-40.40%-61.81% 993M
-1.12%-1.46%-3.92%+28.56% 3.55B
+0.07%-.--%+28.03%+101.47% 1.23B
+0.29%-7.93%-33.48%-52.93% 873M
Average -0.61%-5.19%-12.44%+3.82% 1.66B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.80%-3.52%-7.36%+17.81%
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Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 6B 8.04B 6.92B 6.42B 11.17B 726B 12.02B 74.08B 29.15B 347B 30.01B 29.42B 1,267B 6.2B 8.3B 7.14B 6.63B 11.54B 750B 12.41B 76.49B 30.1B 358B 30.98B 30.38B 1,308B
Net income 4.87M 6.53M 5.62M 5.21M 9.07M 590M 9.76M 60.16M 23.68M 282M 24.37M 23.89M 1.03B 45.92M 61.48M 52.91M 49.09M 85.49M 5.56B 91.96M 567M 223M 2.65B 230M 225M 9.69B
Net Debt -36.2M -48.46M -41.71M -38.7M -67.39M -4.38B -72.5M -447M -176M -2.09B -181M -177M -7.64B -46.15M -61.78M -53.17M -49.33M -85.91M -5.58B -92.41M -570M -224M -2.67B -231M -226M -9.74B
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Logo Hays plc
Hays plc is a United Kingdom-based company, which is engaged in providing qualified, professional, and skilled recruitment. The Company operates through four geographic regions: Germany, United Kingdom & Ireland, Australia & New Zealand and Rest of World. The Company operates in 33 countries and 21 areas of specialism and expertise. Its specialisms include accountancy and finance; legal, banking and capital markets; life sciences; construction and property; office support; contact centers; procurement; education; resources and mining; energy, oil and gas; retail; engineering and manufacturing; sales and marketing; executive; sustainability; financial services; technology; health and social care; telecoms, and human resources. The Company’s Find & Engage recruitment marketing model combines the practices and skills of traditional hiring, and then incorporates new technology and data science to locate candidates at scale. It operates in approximately 349 offices in 33 countries globally.
Employees
9,523
More about the company
Date Price Change Volume
26-01-16 46.40 p -1.69% 2,305,487
26-01-15 47.20 p -2.44% 6,168,894
26-01-14 48.38 p -5.04% 3,632,831
26-01-13 50.95 p -1.45% 2,097,904
26-01-12 51.70 p -1.24% 2,148,262

Delayed Quote London S.E., January 16, 2026 at 11:35 am EST

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Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
0.4640GBP
Average target price
0.6500GBP
Spread / Average Target
+40.09%
Consensus

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